It's very easy to choose and buy a Server8 product directly from BrainBox Srl. All you have to do is register yourself on our Online Shop, and then go on to order. Otherwise, if you need some information you can contact us using the contact module, or writing to info@server8.it.
BrainBox reserves to IT Operators a discounted Price List. To join it, you have to register your IT company on our On line Shop. We will answer you with an email, confirming the access to IT Price List. For any information you can contact us using the contact module, or writing to info@server8.it.
Server8 is a new business opportunity for Hardware Resellers and System Integrators. To join our reserved Price List you have to register on our On line Shop. We will confirm you the access to the discounted Price List by email. For specific requirements you can contact us using the contact module, or writing to info@server8.it.
If you'd like to become Server8 Distributor, please register on our On line Shop. You have to indicate us your distribution area and estimated selling volumes writing an email to info@server8.it.
BrainBox gives specific consultings for Governments. We invite you to contact us using the contact module, or writing to info@server8.it.
BrainBox is interested in developing collaborations together with Universities and Research Institutes for the realization of computational clusters, using hardware designed for Linux applications. We invite you to contact us using the contact module, or writing to info@server8.it.
Server8 is the first Blade Server platform, standard hardware compatible.
Blade architectures are based on specific Cases, that allow to place many Servers in a small space.
Blade Servers are, therefore, an optimal solution to get high density and energy saving.
Server8, unlike all the other solutions on market, is the only Blade Server you can assemble and configure using standard hardware which is easy to find because it's normally available at any Computer Shops. Server8 doesn't force you to use expensive proprietary form components: you can plan how to assemble it.
Starting from an Empty Case, you can also decide the number of Blades for your first investment.
Our OEM - Empty products - Line gives you the opportunity to maximize your saving, buying and assembling hardware components by yourself. Look at Products page with our pre-configured products (sold only in Italy), where some configuration possibilities are shown.
Let's open to a new Blade Server concept: match money and energy saving with flexibility by using the simplest and most versatile Blade Server.
Server8's Case Racks can place up to 8 removable Blades, taking up just 6 Units. We can save more than 40% of the space compared to traditional 1U cases. Server8 is an high density solution, and allows you to optimize the occupied space in data centers, which has become one of the most expensive cost nowadays.
Server8 is designed to use standard Hardware you can easily get on market: you dont' need expensive and dedicated components, but those you can get from any Computer Shops. So, you wiil be able to repair potential damages very easily and without spending lots of money. Each Blade is Hot Swap, so you can pull one without stopping the others: server installation and maintainance will be very simple.
Blade updating will be an extreme quick operation. Server8 is not running after market's novelties, because it's already ready to take them. You will always be able to use up-to-date components. Therefore, Server8 is a long lasting little investment, which follows your company's growth.
Server8 has a solid structure, built to last. Airflow inside Case Rack is ensured by 8 x 8cm fans that can manage Cpu's (>3GHz) air cooling. As you can configure your Servers with standard hardware, Server8 can take the best components on market, assuring high functioning reliability. Moreover, since the customer himself selects the components, Server8 relies upon a fundamental resource: your own experience.
Server8 OEM solutions have an extremely competitive cost. Moreover, the possibility of buying the Empty Case (without Blades) allows you to plan your business and investments freely. You can add Blades as your needs grow or change.
Designed to be an Open Platform, Server8 is the solution that wants to replace ties with opportunities. With its flexibility you can plan to assemble up to 8 Servers, even all different one from the other, choosing hw components according to their specific task. Each Blade allows you to install up to 2 x 3.5" Sata or SAS disks, ideal for mirroring or striping applications. Dual Blades allow you to install up to 4 x 3.5" Sata or SAS disks.
One of our priority is reducing power consumption to the least. Server8 doesn't waste usefull energy: a Case Rack completed with 8 Blades (medium performance configuration) can use less than 1KW. This is also important in keeping the dissipated heat down: that's another benefit for hardware's longevity.
All in Server8's design is voted to simplicity. We would like our Customers could choose, buy and manage their Servers easily. We are always at your disposal to find ad hoc solutions and to answer all your questions about the employment of our products. For any further information please contact us at info@server8.it
Most of Blade's power consumption is required by CPUs. In fact we have to pay a special attention when we are choosing them: we must opt for high frequency CPUs with large cache memory only if necessary. Many researches' results tell us that server's CPU power is too often unexploited. The average CPUs' utilization for webservers is only 15%.
The main tendency today is to split storage from computation. Using Blade Servers for computation and virtualizing many machines over each Blade, power consumption can be reduced up to 70%. Of course, a simple and fit answer to all customers' needs doesn't exist, but server's architecture, due to energy high costs, has a key role in determining general operating costs.
Using Server8, your Blade Servers' maintenance and updating will be easier than what you can think: you could replace only obsolete components of each Blade with up-to-date hardware to increase energy saving.
Anche la manutenzione e l'aggiornamento della tua soluzione Blade sarà più facile del previsto: con Server8 potrai sostituire soltanto i componenti obsoleti di ogni singolo blade, accedendo alle ultime novità del mercato sia intermini di potenza di calcolo che di risparmio energetico.
Server8 ensures you a high efficiency air cooling: 8 active fans on the back panel assure an effective airflow with only 120W. This is again another energy saving opportunity.
Server8 ti assicura un efficienza elevata in termini di dissipazione del calore, infatti le sue 8 ventole posteriori assicurano un flusso d'aria elevato con un consumo di soli 120 Watt/ora. Rispetto alle soluzioni tradizionali Server8 ti assicura un risparmio anche per condizionamento dell’aria.
You will not dispose of power supplies, coolers or entire Blades or Cases, but just of those obsolete hw components. So, you will reduce disposal costs while protecting your first investment and respecting the environment.
Server8 is fully compatible with the most modern processor of main manufacturers:
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Con Server8 abbiamo risolto in modo facile e del tutto autonomo la gestione dell'hardware per i nostri server, ci ha liberato dalla dipendenza delle soluzioni proprietarie e ci ha permesso di ridurre i costi d' acquisto e soprattutto di gestione, ottenendo risultati ottimali da subito.
Server8 ci permette di ottimizzare lo spazio utilizzato nell'armadio rack, e di operare qualsiasi operazione di manutenzione con estrema libertà e velocità. Alessandro Lazzini
www.grifonline.it
Ci è piacuta da subito la possibilità di poter assemblare autonomamente i nostri server blade senza dover ricorrere a costosissime soluzioni proprietarie che limitavano la scelta dei componenti hardware da utilizzare.
Una flessibilità così ampia ci ha permesso di abbattere di quasi il 70% gli investimenti sui server garantendo contemporanemanete un affidabilità totale, un binomio che difficilmente si ottiene con server blade tradizionali, che spesso necessitano di personale qualificato per la loro manutenzione.
Server8 permette, inoltre, una gestione del magazzino delle parti di ricambio meno onerosa e soprattutto una possibilità di upgrade del hardware quasi immediata quando si presentano necessità particolari come l'aumento della potenza di calcolo o dello spazio disco. La possibilità di selezionare con attenzione l'hardware da usare per ogni singola applicazione riduce praticamente a zero problemi di compatibilità con le soluzioni software che sviluppiamo sia che si utilizzi Windows o Linux, liberando così risorse umane da investire in altre business. Lorenzo Busatti
www.zia.ms.it.it
In questi ultimi quattro anni abbiamo sempre scelto Server8 per i nostri server, una esperienza sicuramente positiva, soprattutto per la longevità della soluzione. Grazie alla compatibilità con lo standard micro atx abbiamo provveduto ad aggiornare solamente le piastre madri, mantenendo i case, con un notevole risparmio economico.
La manutenzione è inoltre risultata meno onerosa dal punto di vista hardware, sopratutto con una mortalità degli hard disk minore rispetto alle tradizionali soluzioni 1U scelte in precedenza. Abbiamo quindici anni di esperienze nel campo dei server, Server8 si è dimostrato il miglior prodotto provato da sempre. Riccardo Cozzani
The strength of partnership
BrainBox’s reseller Program has been developed in order to help improve our products and marketing support. The program’s principal objective is to create a reseller chain in direct pre-assembly of Blade Server based on the Server8 platform.
Members of the BrainBox reseller Program are part of a group of continually expanding innovative developers of Blade Server solutions. The program supplies sales, marketing and technical resources which allow development, testing and implementation of solutions utilizing the most widespread technology in the market.
The reseller Program is exclusively for retailers, hardware distributors and IT integration specialists integrating software and hardware systems, in European Community member countries excluding Italy.
Program advantages:
Registration: Before signing the agreement we offer the opportunity to evaluate an 8 Blade Case without hardware (CR FULL model) at a very special price. If you are satisfied with the potential of our products then program registration is completely free of any obligation including number or timing of orders. The first order is all that is needed to become a reseller.
Gateway: The system which provides all the documentation necessary for a fast and free from difficulty start up for your new business in the Blade Server world. A dedicated portal where you can order directly on-line, access technical information and the contact list for parts distributors (psu, cpu fan, mother board, etc.,).
Technical Assistance: Access to all our products’ technical documents, e-mail contact with our support team for fast response and resolution. Our experienced technical department is available to help you assemble the best solutions for your clients and to meet and overcome market challenges.
Discounts: Quantity discounts which allow increased profit margins and reduced delivery costs.
Shared Marketing: Immediate market visibility for your company with the assistance of our marketing expert at no cost to you. Out of all purchases of OEM products in the first 12 months BrainBox will allocate a budget to be used in co-marketing in GoogleAdWords.
Visibility: Apart from the contact list of our resellers (http://www.server8.it/index.php?page=wheretobuy) every sales enquiry or information request from your country will be given your address, so you can immediately use the contacts provided by our site.
Personalisation: Program members have the option to personalise the product with their own logo, either on the Case or the packaging, in a choice of colours from the predefined list.
For more info or to join the reseller program please contact us